There are four types of discrimination, the first is individual discrimination. Individual discrimination is the behaviour of one person to another or a group of people, the next is institutional discrimination; this is when discrimination is built into the way the institution is run. Next is overt discrimination, this is when an individual or institution knowingly treats someone unfairly on the bias of race, gender, etc. The last is covert discrimination, this discrimination in subtle, for example applying criteria that people will be unable to meet, this type can be intentional or unintentional. Discrimination can be seen in practise with stereotyping, labelling, disempowering, abusing, bullying, abuse of power, infringements of rights and over-riding individual’s rights.
It could be done against those who are different in respect to their age, sex, nationality, ethnic background, religion, ability, financial status and size. 1.2 –Describe the potential effects of discrimination? Discrimination on the grounds of age, gender, race, sexuality or ability can damage a person’s self esteem, and reduce their ability to develop and maintain a sense of identity. When people are affected by discrimination they experience anger, humiliation, frustration and a feeling of hopelessness. They are made to feel worthless and of less value than other.
* Discrimination Is the unequal treatment of individuals, usually on the basis of gender, race, age, religion or disability. * Stereotyping Is when you categorise someone for example a male works in a hairdresser so he is gay. * Prejudice Pre-judging something or someone before knowing the facts or the person. Q2. Explain how discrimination can affect individuals There are many way discrimination can have an effect on individuals.
Discrimination- unlawful discrimination occurs when a person is harassed or treated arbitrarily or different because of their membership in a “protected class”. A protected class is a group of two people who share common characteristics and are protected from discrimination and harassment by the law. Prejudice refers to negative judgments and/or views about a group formed without knowledge, though, or reason. A stereotype is a (often negative) generalization about a group based upon samples that do not represent the group, in which the generalization becomes so well-known it becomes a “conventional image” for the group in question., often accepted as the truth by the illogical bunch. Stereotypes could be a form of prejudice if they are negative generalizations.
* Inclusion – equal opportunities for everyone whatever their age, gender, ethnicity, to be included. 1.2 Describe the potential effects of discrimination. By discriminate against someone because of their gender, race, and ethnicity, their nationality, religion and age, disability, sexuality, race, culture and personal features. This can affect others physically in which they could show signs of poor health; they could also initiate physical harm to themselves etc. Emotionally could start believing in what they are being told and be emotionally harmed.
Health or social care professionals treat people from all backgrounds. It would be unfair and classed as discrimination to treat certain patients/clients differently to others. It goes both
The negative stereotypes they have might impact the way they are treated in health and social practitioners. One stereotype that gypsies might face is that they are uneducated and are labelled as unintelligent. This negative stereotype can influence they way they are treated in health and social care settings. This could lead the gypsies to be treated unfairly by health practitioners. There have been various studies to prove negative effects of stereotyping for example, Jane Elliott experiment.
Explanation why person - centred values are important and how they influence social care work. A care worker need to be able to understans the importance of promoting the following values at all times and these values underpin the whole of health adn social care. Individuality Everybody involved in the care of individuals need to get to know about the needs of people from different ethnic and religious groups and also about people's beliefs and preferences. This value is important because by paying attention to these things, we can show respect and preserve individuals dignity. It influences social care work, because when we are caring for someone we have to be able to recognise that everybody is different and we must not impose our preferences to them.
Task 3 Discrimination comes in different forms. It can be: Direct when someone’s gender, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, age, disability or being transgender is used as an explicit reason for treating them differently. This is the kind of discrimination that people often recognize easily. An example might be where a community learning and development worker refuses to work with someone because they are gay. Or indirect when there are rules, services or ways of doing things that have the effect of discriminating against certain groups.
Discriminatory practice in health and social care. Discrimination has many meaning and many different ways people can discriminate against others. Discriminations can be as simple as a person making a judgment against a service user by the way they dress or the way they speak or it can be service users that are discriminated (out casted/left out) because they choose to be different, have a disability or different colour of skin or even religion. Discrimination is unfair treatment of a person action based on prejudice. There are many forms of possible discriminatory practice in Health & Social Care, for example: • Labelling or stereotyping people e.g.